Adjustable wall bracket



Dec. 8, 1925- J. L. RILEY ADJUSTABLE WALL BRACKET Filed Feb. 13. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 [www J. L. RILEY ADJUSTABLE WALL BRACKET Filed Feb. 13, 1925 '2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 8, 1925.

warren stares JAMES L. RILEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADJUSTABLE WALL BRACKET.

Application filed February To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JAMES L. RILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Adjustable Wall Bracket, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to devicesfor sup porting radiators and similar objects on walls or on other upright surfaces.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a supporting bracket combining maximum strength with minimum weight and number of parts.

Another object of the invention to provide a bracket requiring but a single element, such as a bolt, for securing it to the wall or other surface.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the bolt. or other element which secures the bracket to the wall is not depended upon to support the bracket but merely to hold it tightly against the surface to which the bracket is applied. A The invention further resides in a novel formation and arrangement of members of angular cross section by means of which the aforedescribed advantageous ends are achieved.

in the attached drawings:

Figure 1 is a detached perspective View showing the various elements of the bracket in its preferred form;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the device attached to a wall;

Fig. 3 is a sectional View similar to Fig. 2 showing a modification of the device;

- Fig. alis a detached view of the adjusting bolt and the associated nuts shown in Fig. 3, and 1 Fig. 5 is a fragmentary and detached perspective illustrating a further modification.

\Vith reference to the drawings, the bracket comprises a base section 1 consisting of a bar of angular cross section having at the top and bottom rearwardly extending pointed projections 2 and. 3, which as shown in Fig. 2 are adapted to be driven or other wise inserted in the wall to which the bracket is to be attached. The projecting portions 2 and 3 in the present instance are integral parts of one of the flanges 4c of the angle bar, and the forwardly extending flange 5 of the bar has a the p an n l 13, 1925. Serial No. 9,011.

projection 63, which in the present instance lies along the flange 4 with its upper surface in the same plane as the upper surface of the top projection 2. The flange 41- is provided with a hole 7 through which a bolt 8, see Fig. 2, or other suitable securing member extends into the wall 9 whereby the part 1 of the device is firmly held against the outer surface of the wall. It will be noted that the functionof the bolt 8 is merely to hold the part 1 tightly against the wall, the actual support of the part 1 and the load which it carries being the function of the projections 2 and 3.

The flange 5 of the part 1 is provided with a longitudinal slot 11, this slot in the present instance being for reception of a bolt 12 havinga rectangular head 13 provided with a tapped hole 14 extending through the head at right angles to the axis of the bolt 12. \Vashers 15 and 16 are provided for the bolt on the opposite sides of the flange 5, and the bolt may be secured to the flange by means of a nut 17. The projection 6 of the flange 5 is provided with an aperture 18 for reception of an elongated boltv 19 which is adapted to engage in the threaded passage 14 of the bolt 12, as shown in Fig. 2.

The bracket further comprises a bar 21 of angular section, said bar having in one flange 22 an opening 23 for reception of the bolt 12, and the other flange 24; of the bar 21 being turned outwardly at the bottom in the form of a hook 25 which forms a socket or rest for the radiator or other object which it may be desired to support against the wall. As shown in Fig. 2, the flange 22 at the bottom tapers towards the front end of the hook 25.

\Vith the bolt 12 extending through the aperture 23 and through the slot 11, the

flange 22 of the part 21 held flush against one face, preferably the outer, of the flange 5 of the part 1, and by loosening the nut 17 on the bolt 12 and turning the bolt 19, the part 21 may be adjusted vertically with respect to the fixed part 1. Upon tightening the bolt 17, the part 21 is firmly held in its adjusted position.

In Fig. 3, I have illustrated a'modifica tion of the structure hereinbefore described. In this instance, the bolts 12 and 19 are replaced by a single bolt 26, one end of which is turned out at right angles so that when the bolt is passed through the opening 18 in the projection 6, the opposite end may extend at right angles to the flange 5 through the slot 11 in the flange 5 and the hole 23 in the flange 22. Both ends of the bolt 26 are threaded as shown in Fig. 4:, and that end which projects through the slot 11 and aperture 23 is provided with two nuts 27 and 28 which bear against the outer or non-contacting faces of the flanges l and 22. The belt is supported in the projection 6 by means of a nut 29. In this instance, adjustment is accomplished by releasing the nut 27 and turning the nut 29 to elevate or lower the bolt and, with it, the part 21. I

in Fig. 5, I have illustrated a still further modification. In this instance, instead of forming the hook as an integral part of the bar 21, I make it detachable. The flange 2aof the bar is provided with an opening 31, from the bottom of which extends a slot 32. The hook in this instance is formed as a part of a separate member 33 having'a T-shaped extension at the back to fit the opening 31 and slot 32 in well known manner and thereby to hold the member 33 in place. One advantage of this construction lies in the ability to substitute hooks to fit different types of radiator.

I claim:

1. A supporting bracket comprising a member of angular cross section adapted to be secured with one flange against a supporting structure, the other flange of said member having an inturned apertured extension and a longitudinal slot, a bolt suspended in said inturned extension and having an associated threaded part projecting through the slot, and a second angle me1nher having in one flange an opening for the reception of said threaded part which projects through said slot and an outwardly projecting load-carrying extension.

2. A supporting bracket comprising a member of angular cross section having a rearward extension from one flange, said flange having a bolt hole, the other flange of said member having an inturned apertured extension and a longitudinal slot, a bolt suspended in said inturned extension and having an associated threaded part projecting through the slot, and a second angle member having in one flange an opening for reception of said threaded part which projects through said slot and an outwardly projecting load-carrying extension.

A supporting bracket comprising a member of angular cross section having an integral wall-penetrating extension outwardly projecting from one flange, an integral apertured extension projecting inwardly from the other flange, said latter flange being longitudinally slotted, a second member of angular cross section having in one flange an aperture adapted to register With said slot, fastening means projecting through said aperture and slot, an outwardly projecting load-carrying extension on the other flange of said second member, and a bolt suspended in the aperture of the inward projection of the first member and connected with the second member.

JAMES L. RILEY. 

